Category: Medicine
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The Rise of Digital Phenotyping in Mental Health
Chimamanda Udodi ’28 Each day, often without our awareness, our phones collect small clues about our lifestyle, including typing speed, sleep-wake patterns, phone use, daily routes, and social interactions. Experts in digital mental health have uncovered a new possibility for this data: the ability to identify subtle mood shifts before individuals become aware of them.…
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Electric Healing: How Bioelectronic Medicine Is Redefining the Future of Treatment
Chimamanda Udodi ’28 For over a century, modern medicine has depended heavily on pharmaceuticals to treat disease. Antibiotics, antidepressants, antihypertensives, and biologic drugs have transformed healthcare and saved millions of lives. While these molecular interventions are undeniably transformative, they often rely on systemic circulation, traveling throughout the entire body to reach a single target. In…
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Language Barriers and Digital Solutions
Colin Vickrey ’27 During my summer internship in Ecuador, I accompanied mobile health teams visiting Kichwa and Shuar-speaking towns in the provinces of Chimbarazo, Napo, and Morona Santiago. I witnessed a stark barrier: many doctors and clinical staff spoke only Spanish, while a substantial portion of local patients spoke only or primarily Kichwa, an indigenous…